Single achievement

“Flowing Water”

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

The Waikato is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. The region stretches from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through the Waikato and Hauraki to Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. Broadly, the extent of the region is the Waikato River catchment.

The name for the region is taken from the Waikato River; waikato is a Māori word traditionally translated as "flowing water".

Before the arrival of Europeans, the Waikato contained the third most densely populated part of New Zealand, after Northland/Auckland and the Bay of Plenty. The Waikato rohe (area) was inhabited by iwi (tribes) such as those of the Tainui confederation, including Waikato and Ngāti Toa who conquered the native inhabitants about 1450 according to Tainui historians, finally destroying them at a battle at Aratiatia. Between about 1750 and 1842 the area was subject to a large number of invasions by other Māori iwi and hapu confederations and large scale population migrations took place by a number of hapu and iwi. The largest battle ever fought in New Zealand took place near Ohaupo about 1790–1805, between two competing alliances of hapu. During the latter stages of this volatile period, known as the Musket Wars (1807–1845), conflict led to a migration south to Taranaki and eventually Kapiti Island.

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Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at NZHN, your flight distance must be further than 100 NM.
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Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
06DEC25 1526Z NZWU NZHN Inode Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -25 ft/m 161 nm 00:32 View
05DEC25 0913Z NZNR NZHN Vincenzo VPS64 Airbus A319 (A319) -321 ft/m 152 nm 00:31 View
29NOV25 1750Z NZNR NZHN Tomek Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -291 ft/m 146 nm 00:32 View
28NOV25 1751Z NZNR NZHN Wakkie Pilatus PC-24 (PC24) -125 ft/m 125 nm 00:27 View
27NOV25 0356Z YSNF NZHN Dabullair Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -138 ft/m 684 nm 01:34 View
18NOV25 2154Z NZTN NZHN Djmarko413 Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -60 ft/m 109 nm 00:34 View
16NOV25 2004Z NZGS NZHN Red Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -81 ft/m 144 nm 00:37 View
16NOV25 1111Z YMNG NZHN John_Doe Airbus A320 (A320) -215 ft/m 1468 nm 03:01 View
09NOV25 0348Z NZWU NZHN Dwolf Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -138 ft/m 127 nm 00:32 View
30OCT25 2024Z NZNP NZHN Evik03 Cessna Caravan (C208) -150 ft/m 121 nm 00:44 View
29OCT25 1958Z NZGB NZHN Bbi Beechcraft G36 Bonanza (BE36) -163 ft/m 107 nm 00:40 View
28OCT25 0108Z NZPM NZHN AviaAustralia Boeing 737-800 (B738) -362 ft/m 316 nm 01:01 View
23OCT25 0001Z NZWO NZHN Kdriver1721 Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -85 ft/m 139 nm 00:40 View
18OCT25 1229Z NZFI NZHN Timothy Adam Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -295 ft/m 147 nm 01:08 View
07OCT25 1549Z NZWD NZHN CutRuNN Boeing 737-700 (B737) -151 ft/m 2439 nm 05:46 View
05OCT25 2326Z NZSL NZHN CorvetteDrvr Quest Kodiak (KODI) -85 ft/m 105 nm 00:38 View
05OCT25 0341Z NZCH NZHN josh davies Airbus A320 (A320) -170 ft/m 427 nm 01:14 View
04OCT25 0441Z NZHA NZHN LeetNeo Cessna 400 (COL4) -120 ft/m 116 nm 00:40 View
24AUG25 1232Z NZNP NZHN Xeromman Pilatus PC-12 (PC12) -22 ft/m 108 nm 00:21 View
16AUG25 1236Z NTAA NZHN Francis Panouille Boeing 777-200 (B772) -157 ft/m 2285 nm 03:51 View